lazylobster
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Welcome to the site the Luke. Looks a sweet ride!
Rob
Rob
Hi. I saw your location and are wondering if you can recommend a shop to have my 1971 Fiat 500 (650cc) engine rebuilt. I am in southern VA. TIA.Washington DC/Fredericksburg VA,
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Does anybody in the states have an extra carby laying around they’d like to sell me the cover of? Center stud stripped out of mine and JB-Weld isn’t holding so far.
Good morning. I have an extra carb laying around that I'll sell you. Send me a phone or email and I'll send some pics to see if you're interested.Does anybody in the states have an extra carby laying around they’d like to sell me the cover of? Center stud stripped out of mine and JB-Weld isn’t holding so far.
Good morning. I have an extra carb laying around that I'll sell you. Send me a phone or email and I'll send some pics to see if you're interested.
Thank you for the welcome , much appreciated. I am located in San Francisco California. Already diving in on a few mods ( I can't really help myself) . Have been comparing some of our machine shop tooling to see just how close some of the fixtures are ... seems to fit right between 60s era brit twins and 70s Moto Guzzis, so looks like we can do all but the crank in house. Sent off the crank to "our guy" to see if it fits his grinder a balancer as this is the only equipment we don't have ... and don't really want truth be known its an ugly dirty job when it comes down to it. Again appreciate the welcome and I hope I dont wear out my welcome with oh so many obvious questions . Best DKWelcome to the Forum Dennis--where about in the US of A are you? It always helps to know where Forum members are as they can then often work as a support team to the less experienced/skilled. Working in a shop that restores classic bikes will be a real asset tomembers on your side of the 'big pond' as the 500/126 engine is, in many ways, more akin to a bike engine than to a car engine
Look after that Giannini, especially if it a genuine model. Giannini were a comtemporary of, and one of Abarth's main competitiors, and in someways, better engine tuners (and I am a BIG Abarth fan). Sadly, they never had the massive financial support that Fiat gave Abarth, but this has turned out to be an advantage. Fiat are working hard at protecting their marques at the moment (Abarth, Lancia and Alfa Romeo) in Italy these days and think nothing of shutting down companies that they think are selling spurious parts---but they can't touch Giannini. When I was at a "Raduno"in Italy a couple of years ago I was surprise as to how many replica Gianninis there were at the meet--easily the same number as replica Abarth
Reporting in from Plano, Texas (just north of Dallas) with my 1969 500L. First Italian car, first air-cooled car. Anybody else in the Dallas areas?
Hopefully I’ll have our cinquecento on the road by then and trailer it up from Maryland.!